NO ONE Gets Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame In 2013, Steroids To Blame

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and a litany of other players who
played during MLB's Steroids Era were denied entry into the
National Baseball Hall of Fame in their first appearance on the
ballot Wednesday.

The announcement provided a litmus test for how baseball writers
would assess how they felt about players' whose success is
shrouded by the belief they used performance-enhancing drugs.

The players did not get in despite overwhelming success in their
careers. Clemens is the only pitcher to ever win the Cy Young
Award seven times, while Bonds is the only player to win seven
Most Valuable Player Awards.

Here's how the voting broke down. You need 75% to get in (via
ESPN):

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Bonds holds the record for most home runs hit during a career
(762) and for a single season (73). Meanwhile, Clemens finished
his career with the third-most strikeouts (4,672) and ninth-most
wins (354) of all-time.

But neither could overcome their tainted reputations to secure a
ticket to the Hall of Fame on their first try.

Biggio was denied a Hall of Fame nod despite being only one of a
handful of players to reach the elusive 3,000 hit plateau.

Mike Piazza also fell short despite a lack of evidence that he
ever used performance-enhancing drugs and being acclaimed as one
of the best hitting catchers of all time.